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Hello, I'm (not) Mizu. Pleased to meet you. This is my first fanfic, I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoy writing it.
>English is not my first language, I hope you can forgive any mistakes, since I'm writing and editing this all by myself. I used to have a beta reader but they decided to f*ck my ex-partner (owo)b
>I don't know how to write accents, sorry. I did try to add some for Soap but I'm scared of it being disrespectful, just imagine he still has the accent when reading.
>I haven't written a fanfic in... *checks weather app* *opens clock app* nine years. I hope it's not that bad. I never published anything in AO3 myself, please excuse any mistakes you might find, I'll try my best, I just ask for your patience.
>I never played any CoD games, the only knowledge I have for the characters come from watching my brother play when I was little (I didn't understand much then, honestly, I was 8.), my nephew playing warzone on the background when he visited, Soap's Journal, Ghost's comic, and an 8 hour stream I tried to watch (and never actually properly watched cuz I fell asleep all the time).
>I apologize if the characters are too OOC.
>Also, I know very little about the army, so I have no idea if the little things related to that are accurate.
>The rest of the 141 and CoD characters won’t appear much (because I barely know about them aside from Price) but they’re there, I guess.
>This was originally an OC-centric story, but my brain mixed things and I ended up including Soap and Ghost. And then re-wrote the entire thing into this.
Content/Trigger warnings:
(I tried to not write anything graphic or too detailed, but sometimes my brain goes back into Edgy 14-year-old-me mode and writes genuinely concerning things. Sorry about that.)
(If a chapter gets too explicit I'll make sure to put the warnings on the notes.)
>Child abuse. (At the beginning, only mentioned later on.)
>Substance abuse. (Again, mostly at the beginning.)
>Minor character and animal death. (Nothing graphic, I promise.)
>Graphic depictions of violence. (This goes for the prologue, nothing graphic after.)
>Descriptions of panic attacks and night terrors. (I'm not sure if this should be a warning, maybe it's just me who dislikes reading panic attack scenes. Not too graphic for that same reason.)
>Language. (It's not that bad but just in case.)
>Mentioned bullying/harassment.
That should be it. In case I forgot something I'll make sure to post it in the notes as well.
Make sure to send me d*ath threats or ideas, to keep me from dropping this once the inspiration runs out, on twitter (@NotReallyMizu). I'll probably be posting some art there too.
This is going to be a long story, by the way. Expect more than a 100k words, I'll try to update as soon as I finish the chapters, but I can't promise a schedule. I'll be aiming for at least 10k+ chapters every week.
Enjoy.